consent

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EtymologyEdit

Recorded in Middle English since circa 1225, from Old French consentir, from Latin cōnsentīre, present active infinitive of cōnsentiō (“to feel together”), itself from com- (“with”) + sentiō (“to feel”)

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kənˈsɛnt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnt

VerbEdit

consent (third-person singular simple present consents, present participle consenting, simple past and past participle consented)

1. (intransitive) To express willingness, to give permission.

   I've consented to have the procedure performed.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare

     My poverty, but not my will, consents.

2. (transitive, medicine) To cause to sign a consent form.
   • 2002, T Usmani; KD O'Brien, HV Worthington, S Derwent, D …, “A randomized clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of canine lacebacks with reference to …”, Journal of Orthodontics: 

     When the patient was consented to enter the study and registered, a telephone call was made to research assistant

3. (transitive, obsolete) To grant; to allow; to assent to.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Milton

     Interpreters […] will not consent it to be a true story.

4. To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Bible, Acts viii. 1

     And Saul was consenting unto his death.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Fuller

     Flourishing many years before Wyclif, and much consenting with him in jugdment.

Usage notesEdit

• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

SynonymsEdit

• (intransitive): acquiesce, agree, approve, assent, concur, yes

AntonymsEdit

• (intransitive): disagree, object, oppose

Derived termsEdit

• consenting

TranslationsEdit

NounEdit

consent (plural consents)

1. Voluntary agreement or permission.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.6:

     All men know by experience, there be some parts of our bodies which often without any consent of ours doe stirre, stand, and lye down againe.

SynonymsEdit

• (voluntary agreement): agreement, approval, assent, permission, willingness, yes

AntonymsEdit

• (voluntary agreement): dissent, disagreement, opposition, refusal

Derived termsEdit

• consenter
• consentaneous
• age of consent

TranslationsEdit

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PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.sɑ̃/

VerbEdit

consent

1. third-person singular present indicative of consentir